Delineation of potential hot spots for hyperthermia treatment planning optimisation

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-301

  Wiersma, J ^a   van Wieringen, N ^a   Crezee, H ^a   van Dijk, J D P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia treatment planning; Optimisation; Potential hot spots delineation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249844037     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02656730701218914     Document Type: Article

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